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William Lygon, 8th Earl Beauchamp, JP, DL (3 July 1903 – 3 January 1979), styled as Viscount Elmley until 1938, was a politician in the United Kingdom. The eldest son of the controversial William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp , sometime leader of the Liberals in the House of Lords , he was a Member of Parliament (MP) for East Norfolk ...
William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, as Governor of New South Wales in 1899. Earl Beauchamp (/ ˈ b iː tʃ əm /) was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The peerage was created in 1815 for William Lygon, 1st Baron Beauchamp, along with the subsidiary title Viscount Elmley, in the County of Worcester.
- An Act to enable Reginald Lygon Esquire, otherwise Pyndar, and the Heirs Male of his Body, to take upon him and them the Surname and Arms of Lygon, pursuant to the Settlement of William Lygon Esquire, deceased.
- 9 Geo. 2. c. 21
- 5 May 1736
During the 1920s Walmer was home to William Lygon, 7th Earl of Beauchamp, who held lavish homosexual parties at the castle. This led eventually to his dramatic fall from grace, the break-up of his family, and the inspiration for Evelyn Waugh’s most famous novel, Brideshead Revisited .
William Lygon, 8th Earl Beauchamp (3 July 1903 – 3 January 1979), the last Earl Beauchamp. His widow, Mona, née Else Schiewe, died in 1989. The Hon. Hugh Patrick Lygon (2 November 1904 – 19 August 1936, Rothenburg, Bavaria ), said to be the model for Lord Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited .
- British
- Liberal
- Lady Lettice Grosvenor (1876–1936)
- H. H. Asquith
WORCESTERSHIRE. 3 Mar. 1806 - 21 Oct. 1816. Family and Education. b. 1782, 1st s. of William Lygon *, 1st Earl Beauchamp, and bro. of Hon. Edward Pindar Lygon * and Hon. Henry Beauchamp Lygon *. educ. Westminster 1795; Christ Church, Oxf. 28 Jan. 1801, aged 18. unm.
The Worcestershire and Gloucestershire estates (both with adjacent properties in Herefordshire) were extended in the 19th century, notably by William Lygon (1747-1816), who was created Earl...
William Lygon, 8th Earl Beauchamp (1903-1979), Justice of the Peace and politician. Sitter in 5 portraits
